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The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz
The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock

Photos: Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Nuremberg or Petra?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Nuremberg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’s own page.

Choose Petra for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Petra’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Nuremberg 14, Petra 5: Nuremberg leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Nuremberg 53, Petra 22: Nuremberg leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Nuremberg 69, Petra 85: Petra leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Nuremberg 40, Petra 5: Nuremberg leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuremberg 56, Petra 78: Petra leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Nuremberg 80, Petra 30: Nuremberg leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Nuremberg 64, Petra 25: Nuremberg leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Nuremberg 78, Petra 25: Nuremberg leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Nuremberg 45, Petra 18: Nuremberg leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Nuremberg 50, Petra 45: Nuremberg leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuremberg 52, Petra 10: Nuremberg leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuremberg 47, Petra 28: Nuremberg leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuremberg and Petra.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Nuremberg
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Petra
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Petra in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Petra's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Ma'An.

Petra's station stands 219 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Petra has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNurembergPetra
Official languageGermanArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112911
Elevation209 m850 m
Main airportNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNurembergPetra
City population531,159-
People per km²2,848-
Museums within 10 km502
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.